It was a shocking day on the men’s side as Cherif & Ahmed and Samuele Cottafava & Paolo Nicolai were eliminated and Brazil still has four men’s team alive. Sarah and Melissa are still fighting to defend their crown and there were some epic three setters with huge come from behind victories across the 16 ... Read more The post Big Upsets Abound at World Championships appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

Today was the World Championships day of pain. There are no other major tournaments that eliminate 32 teams in a single day, but today 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams had their world championship dreams end. Some of the departing teams were thrilled to have made it this far while others liked their chances ... Read more The post World Championship Field Cut in Half appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

Dan Dearing and Sam Schachter won their second match in a row today to advance to the round of 32 in Rome. Sadly our World Championship journey with Leila Martinez & Lidianny Echeverria came to an end in the Lucky Losers round. Canada got their win over Mexican pair Miguel Sarabia & Juan Virgen. The ... Read more The post Canada Advances & Cuba Gives Way to Switzerland appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

A huge roller-coaster victory for Canada and a lackadaisical win for Cuba mean the teams we are following at the World Championships in Rome made it out of their pools. Both teams finished third in their groups and continue the tournament in the Lucky Losers round tomorrow. Canada not only needed a win today, they ... Read more The post Canadians Pull Off Great Escape while Cuba Ease Out of Pool appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

Olympic silver medalists Mariafe Artacho del Solar & Taliqua Clancy came up with two big runs of points late in both sets to overcome Leila Martinez & Lidianny Echeverria in their second World Championship match today 21-16, 21-18. The Cubans looked every bit the equal of Australia throughout but in both sets, but both got ... Read more The post Cuba Falls to Australia in Second World Championship Match appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

Sam Schacter and Dan Dearing suffered a second close defeat at the World Championships today in a match against number two ranked Poland . The Canadians are now 0-2 in the most difficult pool in Rome. They have played the quality of volleyball that would have had them 2-0 in most other pools, but that ... Read more The post Canada’s Backs to the Wall After Loss to Poland appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

For this year’s World Championships, the Beach Volley Blog is following two teams, Canadian men Dan Dearing & Sam Schacter and Cuban women Leila Martinez & Lidianny Echeverria. They both got their world championship campaigns underway today. Both were considered underdogs and sadly for our teams, neither were able to pull of upsets. They did ... Read more The post Canada and Cuba Get Their World Championships Started appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

The World Championships start in Rome tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited. It is by far the biggest spectacle on the 2022 beach volleyball calendar. There are 96 teams playing 206 matches on four courts over 10 days. And at the end of all that, two teams will be crowned champions of the world! ... Read more The post The World Championship Journey appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

There have been a lot of changes to international beach volleyball with the introduction of the Beach Pro Tour. One of the most important is the new entry ranking system. It took me a while to get my head wrapped around the new system’s impact, but now its effects are becoming clearer with each tournament. ... Read more The post Beach Pro Tour Entry Rankings FAQ appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more

Today pool play is wrapping up in Ostrava and the top two teams per pool will advance to the knockout stage. Teams are put into order based on match points earned in pool play. Teams get two match points for a win, one for a loss and zero for a forfeit. That sounds pretty straight ... Read more The post Elite 16 Tie Breaker Rules appeared first on The Beach Volley Blog ..read more